Dictionary Check: contradictory
"contradictory" is a valid word!
Scrabble
21
points
Words with Friends
23
points
Definition
adjective
of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
Example:
"‘perfect’ and ‘imperfect’ are contradictory terms"
adjective
that confounds or contradicts or confuses
adjective
in disagreement
Example:
"the figures are at odds with our findings"
adjective
unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
noun
two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
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